Package Naming Conventions

Earlier we said that the package versioning issue should influence how you name your packages. There isn't a set rule for how to name your packages, but we suggest using a naming convention that incorporates the code base into the package's name. For example, the components for this book are contained in a runtime package whose name contains the 6 qualifier for Delphi 6 (DdgRT6.dpk). The same goes for the design package (DdgDT6.dpk). A previous version of the package would be DdgRT5.dpk. By using such a convention, you will prevent any confusion for your package users as to which version of the package they have and as to which version of the Delphi compiler applies to them. Note that our package name starts with a ...

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